#1 Tennessee vs #9 Vanderbilt Highlights (Game 1) | 2022 College Baseball Highlights

[@WheelsYT]

Since many of you are wondering why the umpires overturned the first home run because of an illegal bat, here is what Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball found out about it: “the issue in the Vandy-Tennessee game is that the sticker present on the bat was from a midweek game, and did not have an updated sticker for the weekend series.” - @KendallRogers via Twitter.

[@bdalbor]

Horrible rule, IMO. What does a sticker even change, exactly?

[@lovejoyb20]

I understand the rule, and as it is written that was an illegal home run, but that rule is just stupid. I totally get having regular bat checks, but this is a little ridiculous. From everything that has been discussed that bat had a sticker from Wednesday against Western Carolina. If it had no sticker, or even a sticker from a series a month ago maybe you could question the bat but COME ON...there's been ONE off day between that bat being valid and then not.

[@tawtam1]

@@bdalbor Exactly

[@larrylarry3549]

Who wanted to check the bat in the first place ? Was it Vandy asking the umps or did the umps notice the sticker was a different color or something ?

[@MegaSushi111]

sticker means bats are correct pressure and ring tested. Every (series) a new sticker is put on. Mid weeks they aren’t strict assuming it non conference games and one game. Many mid weeks are times to boost stats so an illegal bat is often used without test. For example cheat bat (mid-week), then another legal bat passes bat test for weekend, then remove sticker and by game 2 or 3 of the end of the series how do umpires know. Florida used crack Easton Beast Caps in 2018 in supers and nothing was said. Sucks but a game of chance.

[@DB-qg7hk]

I've seriously never seen anybody at this level of ball just steal THIRD BASE at will! If I'm pitching to Bradfield I am FILLING UP THE STRIKE ZONE. Give him a free pass you may as well just let him trot all the way to third.

[@SportsAndHorrorFanatic]

If Tennessee wins this series, there is no question that they are by far the best team in the country.

[@rio7219]

Texas longhorns say nah

[@volcrazy89]

@@rio7219 lmfao

[@blakeross7735]

It happened

[@blakeross7735]

@@rio7219 GBO

[@CountryBoy-dm2uj]

If they don’t cheat 😂 the bat they used wasn’t supposed to be used

[@leeroy6243]

This kills me to say this. Tennessee are studs.

[@nolandavis1129]

Can we just all agree this was a terribly officiated game?

[@timothyjones1906]

No !

[@fantasticfigs3651]

Can we all just agree that Tennessee won convincingly so It didn’t matter?

[@tornadoesdontstopspinnin6271]

Tennessee might be the most dominant college baseball team in recent years. They are a complete team. I haven’t seen really any weakness on the team. Oh yeah…Tidwell will be back.

[@chickenjoe4612]

I LOVE tennesse, umps did not help Vandy out by firing them up

[@JoshWilsonGolf]

Tbf umps did the right thing and did their job... but it was fucking ridiculous and the Vols are legit and don't even care about that shit lol

[@ricardocampos9259]

Bruh if them being “fired up” means they could only score 2 earned runs I don’t think that’s very good

[@yahuahisgod]

@@ricardocampos9259 Only scored 2 earned runs because they could not use their loaded bats anymore.

[@troywilson9885]

@@yahuahisgod I see you talking about how you believe Tennessee is using loaded bats on every Vols video, which is quite the complement since we know Tennessee’s bats are legal since all bats get inspected before every series. The bat situation tonight proved that point. So I appreciate you complementing how great our offense this year. Might be the greatest college baseball offense ever if we keep it up the whole year

[@timothys3119]

@@yahuahisgod you gonna cry over some made up fantasy in your head?

[@OGSmush32]

Who beat TN this year Wheels? I'd like to watch that game cause this team is LOADED! Also, Vandy's left, center, & right outfielders all had problems seeing those two pop ups. I wonder if it's a lighting issue or just poor ball tracking / placement. Regardless, I'd be willing to bet they're going to have some night practices this week to resolve that issue.

[@WheelsYT]

Texas beat Tennessee 7-2 on March 4th at the Shriners Classic

[@rio7219]

Texas Longhorns ofcourse

[@j02savage9]

This new generation of ballers is gonna be fun especially since they're already breaching the big leagues.

[@BlackConnection337]

Luke Lipcius HR trot was savage😅

[@sasch8697]

The Scoobie Doo impression @ :20 was Next Level!!!

[@donewithtim]

sounded more like Yoda but still hilarious lmao

[@Fultonfalcons86]

These umps are pathetic I have to say this by far the best UT team I have ever seen in my 53 years.

[@Jjedits.]

Both the uniforms = 🔥

[@chrismansfield2133]

Best team in the nation guaranteed! GBO!!!! 🍊⚾💯

[@yahuahisgod]

Cheater bats. Just like UT has to cheat to win.

[@chrismansfield2133]

@@yahuahisgod yeah absolute cheaters....lol they stole a run from the Vols yet they didn't even acknowledge the next HR they hit. Let's not even get into all the bad calls behind the plate. Tennessee is the best team in the country right now. They even played tonight without their starting rotation. GBO!!!!! 🍊⚾💯

[@Waniac]

@@chrismansfield2133 without their starting rotation? Chase Burns is the ace on this squad. So what starting rotation are you talking about???

[@chrismansfield2133]

@@Waniac Dickey

[@Waniac]

@@chrismansfield2133 Sorry but I disagree. That's THE rotation. That's why Stephenson has like 12-13 starts through 26-27 games. It was Dickey's rest day. It was still Tennessee's starting lineup. Just because one player is out? I'm a Vol fan bro. He's also banged up a bit. So...?

[@TheEmpire822]

Yea that bat check is BS, what is wrong with that bat? There should be some context given when they do that then confiscate the bat.. that’s bs

[@marcusbrown7377]

In college baseball every bat that is going to be used must be tested with certain equipment and a sticker be put on it. Either the bat he was using didn’t get tested or the sticker fell off.

[@WolVOLrine]

@@marcusbrown7377 I heard that the sticker fell off during BP

[@TheEmpire822]

But why did it take so long then? I would have figured that would have been a quick decision if there was no sticker in the bat? Seems like it took them quiet a bit of time to determine that.. not saying your wrong I just feel there is more to it than that.

[@marcusbrown7377]

@@WolVOLrine possibly, I play D1 baseball and it has happened before but not to this extent.

[@BobSmith-ql7fb]

@@WolVOLrine yeah the broadcast kinda caught Vitello in a lie there… sticker was clearly visible on TV but he claimed it “fell off”. The sticker on the bat was from a game earlier in the season, that’s why the umps didn’t really have a choice (bat wasn’t approved that day)

[@dantesmoove1736]

bradfield rlly is a cheat code😂 could see him souley being the reason they win big matchups

[@Salty_Vet_06]

As I Vols fan, I’m starting to worry that errors on the infield may cost us in a tight game towards tournament play

[@servmlrcc]

What did you find terrible about it? Please explain

[@ds--pu1tv]

@@servmlrcc defense could have played a little tighter, those 2 missed catches to first base are game changing in a close game we're just lucky we had a somewhat comfortable lead.

[@Waniac]

Agree 💯! Lawson and Ortega have got to clean some things up defensively. They made a couple errors a piece in the Ole Miss series as well as against Vandy.

[@GulfSoftwash]

Carter Young is a liability. I watched him Make a couple errors last year against Mississippi State in Omaha.

[@YM-mw4qk]

Man Vandy really manages to loose a game even though they're paying off the umps

[@Mason_11111]

No there not stfu

[@SportsAndHorrorFanatic]

Chase Burns is an absolute stud.

[@luismateo1395]

Great game

[@chanceolson4]

I’m loving that, I’m lovinnn ittt

[@firstrowupperdeck3362]

The umpire could see the bat didn't have a sticker but could not see the damn strike zone!

[@chickenjoe4612]

What the hell was wrong with the Bat, umpires are wrong for not letting the Coach see the bat.

[@coltonmalcom8458]

They did let him see it, it just got cut out of the video. The problem was it didn't have the current sticker for this game so it was identified as an illegal bat. All bats have to be approved prior to the game to ensure they are not altered, and if they are approved they get a sticker.

[@hunterwillis4904]

@@coltonmalcom8458 technically it did get approved on Thursday. Beck (the one who used the bat) said the sticker fell off and so did another player’s during BP and they didn’t think anything of it because it already had been inspected and still had a previous sticker on it. But the rule is the rule, and I understand the enforcement. But people are gonna take this “cooked” and “juiced” bat narrative to the moon

[@MegaSushi111]

sticker means bats are correct pressure and ring tested. Every (series) a new sticker is put on. Mid weeks they aren’t strict assuming it non conference games and one game. Many mid weeks are times to boost stats so an illegal bat is often used without test. For example cheat bat (mid-week), then another legal bat passes bat test for weekend, then remove sticker and by game 2 or 3 of the end of the series how do umpires know. Florida used crack Easton Beast Caps in 2018 in supers and nothing was said. Sucks but a game of chance.

[@Mafia-vu5sz]

Roll Vols let’s go for the sweep 🧹

[@SheepEatingDuck]

Did the catcher try to remove that sticker..? If it’s a rule that a sticker has to be on the bat then opposing players should not be able to touch an opposing teams bats at anytime.

[@ChadHuffman]

@4:36 Throws pitch in opposite batter's box = Get's the strike call while the ump sitting on the wrong side of the plate. BaseVols > Crappy Calls

[@firewolfog]

He's set up in the slot, it's the write position so he doesn't have to look over the catcher... probably a ball but his position was right.

[@userr696]

Yoda liked that strikeout 00:19

[@WolVOLrine]

Umps tried to help Vandy but it only made our guys stronger 😈

[@bongo7898]

Could you post iowa vs Michigan series after they play?

[@danerollman823]

battle of the softball uni's

[@Benedict-lately]

Thanks broGo Vols!!🍊⚪🍊⚪🍊⚪🍊⚪🍊

[@joemurphy6736]

guys neck in the thumbnail looks crazy

[@willcruikshank7972]

Super annoying to listen to the announcers wax poetically about what woulda, shoulda, coulda been regarding the miss fly balls while barely mentioning a revoked homer due to a sticker. It didn't matter anyway since Vandy still would've lost 3-2.

[@sterlingshort744]

tough night for the vandy boys. couple routine fly balls lost in the flights leads to a majority of their runs. vols did a great job capitalizing

[@edgarfigueroa3118]

Vandy field got new lights

[@sterlingshort744]

@@edgarfigueroa3118 cool story. Don’t care just unfortunate luck

[@ds--pu1tv]

@@edgarfigueroa3118 wrong lol the only new lights they got was the pole that connected to the football/baseball side.

[@Waniac]

@@sterlingshort744 wouldn't have mattered. Tennessee would've still won 3-2 without those fly balls being lost. Make up whatever excuse you want to but the fact is Tennessee is the better team compared to Vandy this year. 😁

[@mr.wilzaboi7698]

the fair pole

[@pokedave2948]

The candy catcher had the bat in his hands, wonder if he rubbed the sticker off of it, before he pitched it back on the ground?!?!?!?!

[@sighted2341]

What was wrong with the bat?

[@tokenlovingood]

It had the a sticker from a mid week game on it still! Lol its so stupid!

[@a-dawg8711]

shoulda just left the bat alone, dam ump. did the boys dirty

[@tonyvstan4175]

GB🍊

[@patrickpodlesnik6874]

Does anyone know what the Vanderbilt outfielders were losing the ball to, it was night I’m guessing there is lights up there just wondering

[@Dameworth]

Yea some spots on the field you can barely see the ball because the stadiums lights are so bright, takes a special kind of outfielder to be able to track them in the light.

[@davidvillarreal1365]

Dusk sky bro it’s a real problem

[@BenTsiyonAvraham]

That’s why i watch tennessee lol

[@coffeyallday]

Tennessee needs to get #23 a better fitting hat

[@trentoncruise43]

If he keeps pitching this way he can wear whatever hat he pleases

[@tawtam1]

Every bat a team brings into a SEC facility is checked by the Umpires when they bring them in. There are no other bats left. Unless a team sneaks it in from the back somehow after they arrive. If they approved the bat there is no way it should be overturned. That's on the umpires if it didn't have a sticker. Remove the bat not the run.

[@bluefalcon3ID]

Spencer Jones is a beast. Anyone notice the catcher take a ball to the bag off the HBP? ouch

[@tristanthomsen963]

You talking about Russell for Tennessee? if so he’s my cousin

[@Waniac]

No he's referring to the Vandy catcher. The better got hit by the pitch and the ball ricocheted and hit the Vandy catcher in the balls. Ouch!!

[@ryanclayton5473]

Which hbp are you talking about cause I rewatched Gilbert's hbp and it didn't hit the catcher then.

[@Waniac]

@@ryanclayton5473 may have been a foul tip that the ball hit the Vandy catcher in the balls on. I can't remember now which exact play it was but he got hit hard enough that they called time. 🤣

[@timothys3119]

It was Tony V’s fault about the lights.......

[@_skills_5862]

WHY IS HE SOO FASTT 😮

[@johnnyfoosball12]

00:19 “up in the zone, the heat was”

[@addyarnold3402]

sc vs missouri please 🤝

[@derekguilfou3540]

was that yoda at 0:19

[@aidanw9378]

Rewatching this now, and holy crap that home plate ump is awful. What even is a strike zone?

[@brenifer4456]

Vanderbilt outfield is 👨‍🦯

[@sammylantz7660]

what was wrong w the bat it literally only has to be bbcor right??

[@coltonmalcom8458]

It has to get a authentification sticker to ensure the bat is not altered, the bat didn't have that

[@Justinwtkns]

Vols haters been praying the bats cooked .GB🍊 !!!!!

[@cadenlewis5866]

Robot umps now

[@snokev]

6th year senior...jeez

[@luie2935]

What is this season that were seeing umpires noticeably worse behind the dish like they have always been bad but season just started and we have a bad umpire or bad calls every other game . Did they just all agree to be as petty as possible in their last season officiating? Bc the robots are coming the way these guys call games

[@JarrettBarker]

The ncaa wants vandy to win so bad it’s pathetic

[@caaasillas3205]

Yup lol the umpires give candy pitchers an extra foot outsized the zone

[@fenderftw70]

It’s crazy how Tennessee didn’t go yard like they usually do. It’s almost like they got caught with juiced bats or something. Been saying they need to check their bats all year.

[@justinmcneil3040]

The bat was deemed illegal bc it had a sticker from a game earlier in the week on it. Had nothing to do with the contents of the bat.

[@Mafia-vu5sz]

Quit sobbing and just admit the team is full of studs

[@timothys3119]

I guess you missed Luc’s 2 run blast. You gonna cry some more?

[@Waniac]

Aw poor whittle baby mad because his team sucks and can't hit the ball nowhere near the way the VOLS do. Do you have a sore vajayjay? 🤣 I'm so sorry Clay! 🤣

[@fishermaninabox]

VOLS.

[@noahai6131]

see what happens when u try pull some BS, vandy manager did nothing to help their team by firing up the other team in the 1st inning. when will they ever learn tricks are for kids???

[@scimp2576]

does anybody know why they couldn't see the ball

[@nathanward5939]

They got new lights on the field this past week, first game with them. That’s probably why

[@SSBM-Sandwich]

It’s during twilight. Basically the ball gets lost due to how the sky looks during a really short period of time. That why they were so far off the balls

[@axisbold1967]

They had the bat stickers on their eyes.

[@ds--pu1tv]

@@nathanward5939 they didn't get new lights, the only new lights they got was for the pole that connected the football/baseball side.

[@brandonsharp32]

@@axisbold1967 love it.

[@justinlivengood2109]

I love to see Tim Corbin and Vandy get bullied and beat. Especially in those god awful black pinstripes. What a Tim Corbin move too to get a home run taken off due to something being wrong with the bat. Such a joke. Hope they get swept. Go Vols

[@kylerossetti4838]

How does the bat have anything to do with corbin

[@hunterwillis4904]

@@kylerossetti4838 well he said himself that the bats and home runs have been a talking point all week long leading up to the game so I’m sure Corbin had a few words with the umpires to keep an eye out

[@thomashayes22]

6 year senior lmao

[@MrGuano11]

0:20

[@tannerheltibridle7034]

Fucking bullshit, it’s a legal bat that didn’t have the sticker on it. People need to get a grip

[@saunders1k]

Gilbert is such a cry baby😂 nobody aiming at you with 2 ks for you on the day

[@elijahfps2192]

He didn’t act like he was aimed at . What are you talking about? But to act like Gilbert isn’t dangerous is stupid. Even after his 0-3 day he is still batting .453.

[@gloriaschubert9799]

Snitches get stitches Dominic Keegan lol jkjk

[@nobodynobody6307]

This Tennessee is a great ball club but sadly will probably be remembered more for the bs all year long then their actual play on the field

[@firstrowupperdeck3362]

Hopefully we won't have to listen to your bs.

[@kylesanders5999]

i love it talking some shit. like bat check come on umps

[@nickmcghee97455]

This is the worst vandy game I seen. So many errors and people left on base.

[@loganblakey5872]

W vid 😴

[@willmcalister2226]

There’s no doubt that Tennessee is the #1 team but they are not well mannered at all. Just a bunch of grown cry babies

[@WolVOLrine]

Major L

[@yahuahisgod]

Clown school

[@rio7219]

The real UT is in Texas

[@murphygordon2484]

Second

[@DalonCole]

The two ugliest sets of uniforms in college baseball

[@Justinwtkns]

Vols haters been praying the bats cooked .GB🍊 !!!!!